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*The [[Hokkaido Land Regulation Ordinance]] incorporates [[Hokkaido]], formerly known as [[Ezo]], more fully into Japanese territory.
*The [[Hokkaido Land Regulation Ordinance]] incorporates [[Hokkaido]], formerly known as [[Ezo]], more fully into Japanese territory.
*[[Karatsu castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Karatsu castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Koki|Kôki]] calendar system, counting years from the mythical ascension of [[Emperor Jimmu]] in 660 BCE, is established.
*[[Koki|Kôki]] calendar system, counting years from the mythical ascension of [[Emperor Jimmu]] in 660 BCE, is established.
*The ''[[koseki]]'' (family register) system is established.
*The ''[[koseki]]'' (family register) system is established.
*The [[Prostitute Emancipation Act]] is issued; ''[[burakumin]]'' and certain types of bonded laborers and servants are also granted a certain degree of freedom, liberties, and rights.
*The [[Prostitute Emancipation Act]] is issued; ''[[burakumin]]'' and certain types of bonded laborers and servants are also granted a certain degree of freedom, liberties, and rights.
*Railroad connecting Tokyo to Yokohama is completed.
*Railroad connecting Tokyo to Yokohama is completed.
*[[Yanagihara Sakimitsu]], a Japanese official in Shanghai, reports back to Japan about the [[Taiwan Incident of 1871]], in which 54 Ryuykuans were killed by Taiwanese aborigines.
*Ryukyuan survivors of the Taiwan incident are returned to Ryukyu via [[Fuzhou]]. King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] sends his official thanks to the Chinese emperor and authorities for rescuing and returning his subjects.
*[[Saigo Tanomo|Saigô Tanomo]], confined since the end of the [[battle of Hakodate]], is released.
*[[Saigo Tanomo|Saigô Tanomo]], confined since the end of the [[battle of Hakodate]], is released.
*[[Takato castle|Takatô castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Takato castle|Takatô castle]] is destroyed.
*The [[Tsukiji Hotel]] (completed [[1868]]) is destroyed by fire.
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] becomes a chamberlain to [[Emperor Meiji]].
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] becomes a chamberlain to [[Emperor Meiji]].
*[[Yanagawa castle]] burns down.
*[[Yanagawa castle]] burns down.
